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Friday, October 29, 2010

Fall break/Paris

So as  I look over the pictures from Paris I regret to say, I wish I would have written more about it when I was there. As of right now I am on a train bound for Rotterdam, Bruges, and Brussels which will complete my goal of the northern towns I wanted to see with exception of GB. Paris was amazing , to put it in one word. So much music, food, sites, and just overall beauty. I have to admit it was a little hard at first dealing with the language barrier but as I was there more I was able to work around it. The auto show was amazing, so many new models and concepts! I just wish there were a few less people, as you had to fight to get a look at the new models, it was still very rewarding though. After I finished the auto show in Saturday, Sunday was spent walking around Paris with a walking tour that was very enjoyable and informative. I learned about many little secrets about getting in places for free and getting the best food for the best price, as Paris can be very expensive. So in summary Paris was awesome and if you ever get a chance to go, go. School is going well, very busy, I have six classes three in English and three in German. All of them are very interesting and the school that I am going to is Hochschule Reutlingen. It has a very good international program so many of the students are international students, which  unfortunately means English usually instead of German=(. Even though I am not getting as much practice in speaking German as I would like, I have met some really cool people. Currently I am in Rotterdam, Netherlands with a Russian from St. Petersburg named Nik, and I also have found a local German Ultimate Frisbee club that I have played with once or twice but have been too busy to play with them all the time, sadly.  Through school I have seen an interesting side of the Automotive world that I would love to get involved in. Automotive Consulting. A dream come true for someone like me, and hopefully someone with the combinations of experiences I have.  I have applied for a job a MBtech, a consulting firm with Mercedes, so fingers crossed and we shall see! So this post has been in several parts mostly because of the randomness of this trip and the events that have taken place. After Rotterdam we went to Bruges, Belgium and saw the old town center and shared in some wonderful Belgium beers with some new found friends from the UK and Australia. The best part about traveling and staying in hostels is that you get to meet all sorts of people from different walks of life with such different experiences but yet we are all so similar. After this we went to Brussels, Belgium and I have to say I was very impressed with the beauty of the city and the surrounding area. We saw all of the great landmarks and also had a chance to visit some old friends in Bremen. So all in all a amazing trip with loads of waffles, fries, beer, and some good ol fashion boyhood antics. Now it is buckle down time until my next big trip to Greece in December. Until then I need to study harder, practice more, save money and most of all enjoy ever experience that I can. Bis dann. 

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